The New Canadian — October 25, 1940

The New Canadian sfe
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THE VOICE OF THE SECOND GE^ERATIOr

OCTOBER

25.

1940.

VANCOUVER

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Says
Mayor
. .^Niseis, Rise To Challenge.

Whirligig! 11 w

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5
Sy K. W.
I
Welfare
5 His Worship.
*e Wayorsvent.
5
oral degrees in the estimation,
h^arv Nisei who was fortunate!
io hear him speak last Wed- ,
oopsonally I have often been ।
K^dP think that he didn't know j
he was talking about, but
w.nat
his discourse on the <
-her nearing
citizenship, appreciat- j
njvchology of
VANCOUVER. — With first :
the extent f his reading, and |
eg
him personally, I admit J returns beginning to come in
Asnc to
| was all wrong. And 1 from various districts of the
now Th3t
'
--r his genuine sincerity, the city. officials of the Japanese
know tear
^{ion which choked his voice for branch, Vancouver Welfare
savSfa( moments when the vote of j Federation indicated an opti•_
’thanks was given, will live with us mistic
outlook for fhp
the Patriotic
Patiiotic
3 challenge to the quality of our Services Appeal now undei

Patriotic Services
Drive Making
Progress

..............

Workers

Japanese Canadians
__ _ (Must Exercise
Tact and Patience

-There's no use kidding our­
selves. you're in a tight spot—
iso conduct yourselves in such
la manner as to leave no quesition. no doubt regarding your
’lovaltv." With these blunt but
simple words. His Worship
I Mayor Telford urged a crowd
jof young people, gathered at
ithe Nippon Club for the lust
i fall meeting of the Vancouver
'.Chapter of the Japanese Canaidian Citizens League, to great­
er heights of good citizenship,
i In an academic discourse on
way and continuing until No­
■ citizenship.
, .
_
ithe qualities of citizenship. Dr.
| One point set me thinking. Everyvember 6.
.
j Telford treated the subject
| one |Cyal as he may be, must suffer
The drive began in the
I from the sociological and psyI because of the incredible blindness Japanese
community last
khological aspects and later
I
of a few I think we Monday, and is expected to
I ano stupidity ot a Tew. .
(pointed out to his audience
| could adopt a more positive policy; reach a peak this week-end,
'that it was necessary for them
U w aea]ing with those who are not when over 20 organizations
! to make such studies in order
& c00d cities if we are so unfoe affiliated with the Federa­
to understand the peculiar
| Wnate as to meet them. Why not
tion will have or have had
(characteristics of the mind of
? for nstance, ask them bluntly,
workers conducting a house
■ human beings who would
thev don't like this country, why in to house canvas of different
I "cuss" a coloured gentleman
With the Vancouver Patriotic Ser-j
> the h . • • don't they get out? If sections of the city.
for being a bootblack and yet
i were positive enough about, proud
In addition four committees vices Drive launching its house-to-[
not give him a chance to be­
k of our country, willing to put it are canvassing the special house campaign, interest in the Jap- |
come anything bettei.
x into
' action, we would demand a names division.
anese community is once nioce being
. _
Editor to Speak to
....... _
i He admitted that it was difaYoO per cent increase over-centred upon the work ot m ap
s finer Canadian citizenship of all
affiliated member University Study Group
Jficult for the Nisei to have pa­
’ those whom we meet. If there are the amount collected last yeam^e Chmc. an •< Welfare Pedera-\ "The Far Eastern Situation an tience when, after having tried
s any who don't agree, everyone would was reported from the Vancou-j Of th ■ Vancouver
the Nisei” will be the title of a their best to live a decent life
ver Japanese Cleaners’ Asso-;(ion.
£ be happier if they left.
' short talk to be given by Thomas and to convince Occidental
Hallowe'en.. Night . ■ • Reports ciation first group to complete;
pictured
,n
Shoyama, New Canadian editor, to Canadians of their loyalty, they
say that the community will have all canvassing in their district,
located on
.
[back roaD : the Student Christian Movement have had accusations to the con> the protection it needs this coming Granville to Cambie St.
"'
- study group on race relations at the -! trary thrown at them; and, on
a<
WomI October 31, and Police Officials
Encouraging response
K. Nishioka
’ University Friday noon, October
the other hand, admitted that
; assure us that we may sleep peace­ indicated in other areas wheie.ens
p T
. ^s. 7 ! National JCCL Review
there would be the odd Japan­
fully and undisturbed. From all the canvas is now under way; (Japanese 1
Toauri {Japan- i Program of Convention
ese who would not be loyal to
publicity that has been given our Among these were District
Pu^nkaN . Mrs. Obo-\ Finishing touches will be givenJ Canada and who would make
preparations, I doubt if any rowdies Dunlevy to Princess,
land necessary
necessary details added to the the rest suffer by their talk
will have the nerve to venture into
program for the fifth annual national and acts, but advised his audi­
convention of the Japanese Cana­ ence that they would have to
this quarter.
. . Our good friends Grandview,
Bang, Bang! .
and Okayama Kindred Society, |H. (‘pomU Untied FuhnkoO : nurses. dian Citizens' League, Nov.
"take it on the chin."
’ of the Japanese press over on Corwhen
the
National
Executive
body
j
"This is war time," declared
No. 1, West of
May
J dova Street object to firecrackers Purchasers; and Distnc
meets
in
Vancouver
Sunday,
Octothe Mayor, and went on to say
■ shouama Kori Yamanaka:
- this All Hallows Eve. Last week they
that people were likely to be
ber 27.
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''resoectfully urged" parents to place
16,500 Nisei Registered
See "TELFORD," Page 5.
on
youngsters
a restraining hand
For U.S. Army Draft
LOS ANGELES. — The Japanese,
buying firecrackers, because they're
the
realistic
of
American
Citizens League local of­
too noisy and too
games.
fice estimates that roughly 1
j
horror of war today.
I think it would be a grave mis­
young second generation between
take for parents to do any such
the ages of 21 to 36 registered for
thing.
A
score,
or
so
years
ago,
when
selective military training under the
$
the thundering excitement of giant
program. Of this num­
Urges Tolerance In Facing Local Quests nation-wide
VANCOUVER. — Serious
ber, roughly 10,000 were estimated
crackers fascinated my whole bar­
registered in Southern though the times may be, the
barous little being, and "sparklers
V ANCOUVER-Belief tto an ev^l conf het ^ to have On October 28 the first I social side will not be entirely
R< were reserved for sissies and baby
California. sisters, my mother tried that very tween Japan on the OM h»
almost inevitable was ex- draft of men will be drawn by lot, । neglected at the annual cousame thing. And so, deprived of my Great Britain km the other
^ p Angus, inter- following which those drawn will un-mention of the Japanese Cana'5
j dian Citizens League.
usual rights to thunder in my own , pressed last Saturday evening }
^ .
an address dergo physical examinations.
I Social highlight of the con­
JR
tashion, I gathered a wee gang to• Nationally-known expert
a 6 h ^ ncouver institute, Chicago Group to Name
vention will be the sayonara
go marauding. We tipped over four
one thousand people at C
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hicago Y— The
Japanese banquet and dance,
bc
to
close
to
one
.
The
garbage cans, carried away one gate,
A highlight of his scholar­
comes. "The situation will re­ y
People's Association
Association of
of this
this Monday night, Nov. 11, at the
and struggled in vain against that
ly hour and one-half analys­
quire cool handling, philo
T^in aaain sponsor a search fori conclusion of the conventton
svmbol of a vanishing America,
is of the Far Eastern scene l sophical tolerance, tact, and
"Nisei8of the Year," following! The ritzy Alma Academy has
weatherbeaten' outhouse.
was his plea for cool heads I above all, complete sincer'
A^s of last yeLs project. | been secured for the occasion
There's another angle to it. With
in
meeting
the
situation
m
I
ity,
”
Prof.
Angus
said.
J Walter Tsukamoto, Sacramen-i and a new sweet swinging cr
attle, murder and sudden death in Vancouver if such a war
When
'x
;
■
that
the
foremost
I Declaring
lorcm^
n ^nd former national JaP-(will bow before Nisei dance
egue today, we might as well get
X
* * *
American Citizens League i fans. It’s Irving Lozier, andhj
>1
used to the noise, old folks and
NOTE: Head of
i saW
Am
x
d"Xent The co-operation of the I rhythmic Coconut Grove Night
s
youngsters too. We can't afford to of Econo,,des and
\
Sc^ ^ I ^^ important was’ P®'
'll
sought by the spon-(ciub Orchestra, seven smooth
\ s
be afraid of a big noise, even when
b C a mem
s
the option
question Of
or preventing League
I swingsters and a glamorous
it's disguised as an aiderman. Psy- at the• Uruveri^)^
•
question
s
torch singer, Dorothy Stafford.
„..jhatred and racial aniwsitj.H
cnologists today tell us that
that thereto/
thereto/ the
tne
director of the ln-\^r'^
Evervone who registers as a
are only two things an infant fearsjan * ^“pacific Relations, p
" rof.\
' ’ said he personally did not share moral principles, dictated the
|
delegate
to the convention will
X
suspicion which _ many sarne end. he contended.
istinctively from birth—and one of stitutc. j long been
.
r -----’n as a the
X
known
i improved
Prospects
be admitted to the dance free
has
X
^J IVeeoJf
^ration Japan- Canadians hold concerning^ |
ImK
these is a loud bang. Of course Angus
X4
He u^^
Axis ^ had^per^
^^t
X
there's no connection here with the
X
only
X
aforementioned protest;
X
X
mentioned to show that we all have
n"^ ^^ii ° Sea "ANGUS/' Page 5.
1^ Public. Need we say more.
X1
X
ro learn not to be afraid of fire-i/is/i the
X
crackers.
X

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Pacific Conflict Probable Says Angus

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Convention Social
At Alma Academy

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itk NEW CANADIAN

OCTOBER ?:

Chrysanthemum Soup
THE VANGUARD OF NISEI OPINION

TRinity 0i0'7
^96 Powell Street
Vancouver, B. C.
A paper published by and tor second
generation Japanese in Canada, and devoted
lo I heir
it arc as citizens

it is not olten that we or 1 he
New Canadian have occasion to be­
wail the tranquil purity of a cloister­
ed bachelorhood, unbesmirched by
the hand of any woman. But we con­
fess in all humbleness that we do
el chose
moments when vague
regret races a furrow across our us­
ually serene brow—a furrow only
smoothed
by a gentle

' @ G O

By T.M.K.

Loyalty To Canada

Editor, The Nev
You know, dear reader, this col­
—&
umn gets me down sometimes. It does Sir: Having read m
01 7
New Canadian. I
make
a
grand
space-filler,
and
a
’
that,
STALE
pleasure at the wor^X??
but when it isn’t readable at the same
Kanao I . Shoyama, Yoshimitsu Higashi,
in building a better
time, the editor gets so very angry,
Seiji Onizuka
to
Canada and our Empire ioy<
and
he
is
so
very
adept
in
using
such
air.
BUSINESS MANAGER
Canadian-born Japan
crushing
words
of
scorn,
that
I
am
Edward T. Ouchi
I believe that fee yosn.
obliged to throw the column in his
pec
should be made to feel
v
Published weekly at the Taiyo Printing Co.
face.
Such
a
moment
it
is
to
read
in
our
they
are
citizens
of
the
s
,
eat
T;
1 month 25c. 1 year $2.50 in advance.
What is there to write about that
women s column today a recipe for hasn’t already been used over and pire on earth, the one which
’
last
all
others.
an exotic fanciful dish, which seems over again? Every time I have to
I particularly enjoy the re». ■
to us to have captured the very es­ come down to the familiar things of
Miss
"Super-Citizenship"
Ishiwata. There k .
sence of October itself—the tang of birth and death and the life between, thing Miyo
very refreshing and «t*
mostly of the life between. I could
12
One of the most heartening mes­ woodsmoke, the warmth of red­ expand on the theory that Hate is her style.
cheeked
apples,
the
headiness
of
pur
­
sages that we second generations
r • ^ • Story.
corroding in spite of all that a cer­
Vancouver,
B.C.
have heard in a long, long while ple grapes, the mellow satisfying
tain Fuehrer may say; I could prove
came direct from no less a personage glow of an Indian summer sun. And
that Love isn’t all that the poets sing
The Stranger Within
about.
than Mayor Telford when he ad­ if that were not enough, it bears
Editor, The New Canadian~De=r
So what!
dressed a meeting of the Japanese within its scent and flavor the 2,600
Sir:
I read with many thoughts onm
Canadian Citizens League this week. years of stirring history and tradition
It’s been done before. Some people
article, “The Stranger Within "(hr
Flis message put plainly—and he through which the Japanese Chrysan­ like tall tales of noble deeds and the Gates” in your issue of last week fro™
clashing of arms and the anthems of
couched it in a language under- themum has come down to us.
the B. C. Teacher.
conquering heroes. Others like the
standable for the most uneducated
So it is with regret chat we think
To me after reading so much about!
meandering thoughts of an amateur
man of
the street—was this: of ’Mum Soup. We have no gentle philosopher,
Mr.
Wilson, reading such an article h
or the little stories of
no use kidding ourselves, hands to prepare the golden petals,
little people and their little lives. like a Japanese bath, making one feel
you re in a tight spot—so conduct to blend in the cornstarch, to heat to
People like to see themselves in writ­ stronger and fresher and cleaner all
It show’s that all people are not like
yourselves in such a manner as to the boiling point. We have only the er’s characters, especially if they are
Mr.
Wilson and so we must work hard
leave no question, no doubt regard- satisfaction that it was a mere male the romantic and self-sacrificing kinds
io prove that they are the right one’
ing your loyalty.’’
like ourselves who f:~st compounded of figures. Then some people who are and Mr. Wilson is wrong.
In other words, we the Nisei have
sensitive to their own shortcomings
over again.
h K
wince
at the “flying caps that fit.”
*
*
to show more than ordinary patri­
Vancouver.
So what!
otism. more than ordinary loyalty,
It
’s been done before.
more than ordinary qualities of good
Complete
Sincerity
citizenship.
Nothing I write about 'is new, no
angle
original, but because I am one
We cannot afford to lie down and
No saner or more just keynote for
By Shinobu Higashi
be kicked about, but must come out dealing with that aspect of the Far person and you, dear reader, are an­
other, and there never will be—if we
of our shells and challenge the ac- Eastern situation wh|ch naturally
Hsin king, Manchoukug.
believe the geneticists—another one
cusations of our enemies by pro­ concerns the average citizen in Van­ like you ... or me, that is all the dif­
A sudden gust of wind, the rustle
ducing an indisputable proof of our couver—the presence here of several ference it needs to make my column
sincere loyaltv. Our “ace in the thousand Japanese Canadians—has my own; you will interpret it to your of uneasy leaves without .my window,
hole to silence those who would been uttered publicly than that by own individuality. If you like it, you’ll and a few drops and then the storm
breaks in all fury. The streets are
doubt us or do us ill must be Professor H. F. Angus in urging read it; if you don’t, you won’t.
emptied of pedestrians and in a gal­
“Super citizenship’’’
Now that’s all settled, everything’s vanic moment, the gutters are a tor­
frankness and a complete sincerity in
fine and dandy as they used to say. rent of foam—only the faithful
dealing with this question.
I go on with my column, and you— droshke splashes through the sheets
.anaduin
Not one of us will suggest for a I hope—will go on reading it, what­ of rain.
moment that any other considera­ ever his inkship, the editor says.
And suddenly, the storm is gone,
God! how can I fell my heart to you
“The time has come to speak of
tion
be
permitted
to
outweigh
that
and the sun shines. Life ripples back
n tten I hare but one voice,
many things,
of
national
safety.
That,
of
course,
into the street outside my dirty panes.
one breath,
Of shoes and ships and sealing-wax,
Out on the street, a coolie stands a
is
the
paramount
issue
facing
the
and
one soul
moment before a pond of water left
people. As citizens vitally affected
cabbages and kings.”
to give to you
by
the shower. Kicking off his sim­
we are the first to realize that indiv­
Of course, as parliamentary proce- pers, he folds with care the cuffs of
W ords? IP hat are words without
idual rights perforce may suffer in dure puts it, majority rules. If too his “ku.” Then with deliberate aenecessary precautions to uphold the many of you don’t like my column, light like a mischievous child ahgnt
Besides, too oft my tongue knows
safetv of the state.
why then it’s curtains for it, and no with joy he steps into the pool. And
the art to lift the mind . . .
bad feelings.
surprise of all surprises he begins to
Yet surely it is not too much to
wash
his feet and legs.
Okay?
Ah yes, this sod, this heritage
ask that whatever policy be adopted
The filth of the Mancha is pro­
lives in my life so dearly.
today and now. or in darker days that
verbial.
Lover of the Hans as she
How well you know that!
may yet come, the sincerest efforts be
is, Pearl Buck depicted the stolid
The real heart within the soul is too
made to avoid unnecessary wounds
farmer Wang of her novel “Good
with its . . .
Earth” bathing but thrice in a We-^
and hardships upon the innocent.
Just a week to the witching hour,
time
—at birth, marriage and death.®
No! not even they can break this
Panicky, hasty action has been ad- when the war of nerves becomes the
Not that water is that precious,
in us!
mitted as the cause of one black mark Battle of Powell Street.
they who are tossed by silly fears.
prized
as it is——for those beside the
against the British Government in the
Sungari are no whit less guilty than
Accuse not the new age •7 they live with
war today—the needless suffering im­
Red Cross Appeal, Welfare Appeal, those inhabiting the fringes of the
pleasure-tides
posed upon thousands of residents in War Savings Appeal, Apple Day Ap­ sandy plains of Hulunbair.
for do you not see
• . they know not
Great Britain interned wholly with­ peal, Cost of Living, Defence Tax,
Tempting as a generalization may
how e Ise to live;
out reason. Wounds thus needlessly
be, none can be made, here but one
They move from day to day__
we
still
like
British
Columbia.
thing
is certain, the Manchu is slowly
and senselessly inflicted will rarely
tomorrow is but a distant dream to them.
changing. The limitations imposed
heal: resentment, irritation, the seeds'
Always an epidemic in season
upon him by his environment are be­
of bitterness foolishly sown will
But you , . .
just now it’s dancititis.
ing
conquered. Slowly the elements
your brain, your deep mind was so designed
bring forth their own harvest.
of hygiene, surgery are being imposed
to mould our hopes and dreams,
Burma
Road
or
Bomber
Road.
upon his consciousness.
^Complete sincerity.
Professor
to make our name our place,
His age-old resignation to the
Angus declared, is needed to meet the What things have the wild ducks seen,
securer for this round
eternal
dust, to the mud and the
situation. Complete sinceritv, both That they cry so, quiver and cry?
and for the coming ones!
dirt of continental life changes . • •
of motives and action’ There will be (Ans.) Attorney-General Wismer.
Your energy?—It ^H spring forth
and with the increasing gravitation
no question of our willingness to acfrom the voice of your inner strength,
of the Manchu towards the rising
Mum
s
not
the
word
for
the
’
mum
ucpi
restrictions
if
we
arc
shown
that
metropolis
of the new state, a new
that strength which makes you what you
show.
tnev arc important to national safety.
consciousness is being born.
are.
And without my window, oblivious
; it we can be assured that that quai•—Disillusions? Never!
The smell of autumn abroad these to the stares of passers-by. the Manity of sincerity will guide our respon­
For illusions do not exist in your dreams!
days
wood smoke, the golden har- chou coolie with staid ceremony
sible authorities in any policv they | vest —
of
the earth, the silver harvest scrapes the mud from his shanks, in
—Miyo Ishiwata.
may adopt.
1 of the seas packed in cans, Phee-ew!
the storm-formed pool.

THE NEW CANADIAN

OCTOBER 25, 1940

| Red Cross Gives Thanks

GIVE GENEROUSLY!

Tribute to Japanese Canadian L

%

executive secretary of the \
। C
, Canadian Red Cross, todax expressed sincere
^-;:I oi
behalf of his organization for two generous
.
received from Vancouver s Japanese comi

Vv.i

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Fishing Villages

The Need is Urgent!

tigging interest ot
citizens in
brought

J a PC

included 100 potted With a total objective of S690.ftTney
anthemums from the Jap- 000 representing the joint war­
Chrv^anthemum Grow- time needs of the city s 46
,nCa cash donation of agencies, as well as the Red
Cross, between four and five
Lt S150 from the Japanese thousand citizens including a
United Church,
large number of Japanese
hbe beautiful chrysanthe- workers have pledged them­
were
were sent through Mr. selves to undertake the cityr°?tte c«h'ta”to:^ canvas beginning Oct. 29.

!.,lT'.?rA5

if?

The Cause is Worthy!

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In addition to the regular sofiXtrfully accepted at
fefross headquarters as ai cial services carried on .by the.
definite indication of the warm
Invest in wartime work of
Sihe Red Cross and as a desire
the part of Japanese resigent« to be of material assis-,
f Ml Loucks also reported the'
trowing enthusiasm of Vant0Uvefs Red Cross unit under
the convenership of Mrs. KitaLa. An increasing number of
idfts from all parts of the city
Ere now meeting regularly at
Nippon Hall to work for the
^Canadian Red Cross.
I Campaign organization for
I the citv-wide joint drive on be­
half of Greater Vancouver's
K Welfare agencies and the Van­
couver and the West VancouIver branches of the Red Cross
I is being rapidly concluded at
I the downtown headquarters,
['first floor, Marine* Building.

WHEN ORDERING YOUR TOILET TISSUE

ALWAYS SPECIFY

SOVEREIGN
IT IS SOFT. SANITARY & SOLUBLE

SMITH, DAVIDSON &
WRIGHT CO. LTD.

STANLEY PARK
SHIPYARDS

or rhe Steveston Jape
Cross Unit ana the
Trailers' Co-operati v

s®

give to those who need. It may be a crippled
community neighbor or a homeless and wound-

organization

&£&

:nvr group
To-

School.
to (he Clayoquot Public School.

ed overseas’s refugee.

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PATRIOTIC SERVICES RPPEfiL
Combining the 11 th Annual Campaign of the

Vancouver Welfare Federation With the National

Appeal, Canadian Red Cross Society in Vancou­
ver City and West Vancouver.

3

Church Men's Group Urges Purchase
Of War Savings Certificates

f;

recent national Trades and La­
A resolution urging support
bor Congress held in Vancouof the war effort through the
purchase of war savings ceiIn expressing appreciation
tificates was enthusiastically
(ire Red Cross activities in
mags
than
one
On the map- m more
adopted Tuesday evening at the for the opportunity to speak,
open-house mhich 250 visitors
at
a
recent
Vancouver.
monthly meeting of the Powell Mr. Copythorn declared that
\ustin Taylor.
headquarters.
Mrs.
attended at Vancouver Red Cross
United Church A.O.T.S. mens he appeared on behalf of the
War Work committee of the Vangeneral chairman of the Womens
club at the Fuji,i, when
------ mem- Government of Canada, which
R. F. Mather the rapid expansion,
couver branch points out to Mrs.
bers heard C. J. Copythorn, was fully determined to raise
this organization's local activities^
since the outbreak of the mar ot
war savings campaign worker funds to finance a huge war
speak upon the necessity of1 effort.
agencies for the Vancouver Nisei in Hawaii Want citizens lending to the Govern- Forget Race
Welfare Federation, heavy add­
Pointing to the magnitude of
ed responsibilities due direct- w« ..
House Orators ment.
Members of the club will the task, the speaker urged
ly to war industries have ma­
henceforth purchase certificates that all differences in race,
terially increased the individu-|
HONOLULU. — Hawaiian as a committee headed by S. religion and color be forgotten
al budget of many of these Niseis of this city are seri­ Shinobu and T. Yasunaka.
in the common need. The cost
agencies. However, according ously considering an oratori­
The resolution adopted on a of the present war, he showed,
to Senator A. D. McRae, gen­ cal contest with a very def­ motion by S. Shinobu and T. is vastly greater than any prev­
eral campaign chairman, it is inite aim.
Shimotakahara is as follows:
ious war in history.
generally felt that never be­
Seriously affected by in­
earning
British Columbia, he con­
“Whereas anyone
fore in the history of Canada creasing tension in Ameri­
Canada
cluded, leads the whole of Can­
his livelihood in
had citizens been called upon can-Japanese relations, Haw­
Governada in the purchase of war sav­
should support the
to take part in such a heartfelt aiian-born American citizens
the
able
ings certificates, as well as in
ment of Canada for
wish to have an opportunity
campaign.
war
by
investment in war loans per
execution of the
to affirm their loyalty to the
whatever means he can, it is person. He hoped that this prov­
American flag.
resolved that the Powell Jap­ ince would again supply the
Under leadership of Presi­
anese A.O.T.S. club recom­ lead in the present war savings
dent Masao Sakamoto, the
mend the purchase of War campaign.
second generation citizens’
Savings Certificates among
organization is drawing up
its members and friends in
plans to hold an oratorical
order to help carry out the
contest open to all Hawaiian
war policy of our country.
groceries and
Nisei. The winners will be
Shaeffer Pen Agents
Union Speaker
sent
to
Washington
to
make
PROVISIONS
Principal speaker of the eve- Latest Japanese Recordings
representations before the
secretary
was T.
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Kil- ;
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Pol nr Grey Road.
Witches, cats, ghosts will be
10cm Nisei . community at 4:0
Collection.
in Ue
attendance at Rissho Club's t
o clock Saturday afternocr. at ti I 26—Fraser Valley Base
Social,
lowc’en party, following the special Fairview Buddhist Temple, whe j
Richmond Hall
|
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p.m.
meeting to be held at the Church on Fumiko, third daughter of Mr. an
26—Catholic Bazaar, Mission Hall.
BACK FENCE TALK
Sunday. October 2 7th, from 5 p.m. Mrs. Y. Kosaka. 214 1 Columbia 26—United Church Fujinkai Bazaar.
Steveston. Kindergarten Hall,
Twen tv five cents will entitle mem- will be united in marriage to M:
I had the most interesting talk over the back *
12 noon to 10 p.m.
bers and their friends to a whole Nagayoshi "Naggie’ Nishihara, vet 27—Rissho Club Hallowe'en Party. while dinner was cooking. Oh no. 'twasn’t gossipoinr
was slightly overdone, and the mashed potatoes rather
evening of fun and merriment, with
Church Hall, 5 p.m. 25c.
27
—
Powell
Y.P.
Citizenship
Night,
cares’ The conversation was interesting, Warn to
refreshments. Keen this date open! ROLL ALONG, A.Y.P.A.
7,30 p.m.
FAIRVIEW GIRLS' CLUB
i
28—Seikokai AYPA skatefest, Hap­ many things . . .
Once again Seikokai A.Y.P.A. in­
pyland, 1.30 to 10.30.
The magnificent Chrysanthemum will grace
Miss Mitsuye Fujita was elected
vites you to their fall roller skating 28 ■Young People’s Rally, Canad­ more ways than one from now on. Mr.
president of the Fairview Girls’ Club
Kihachi Hi
ian Memorial, S p.m.
« Ain
party at Happyland, Monday. Octo­
so
my
kind
neighbour
tells
me.
is
a
verv
at a recent meeting. Supporting her
ersatile
ber 28th. between 7:30 and 10:30
only raises prize 'mums but has concocted two del in
on the executive will be Hanako i
p.m. Novel surprises are promised
Soup’’ and "Mum Salad.” Now. if I had my way. I v
Uno. vice-president: Miyeko Sugiy
;
everyone
who
buys
a
ticket,
so
get
them "Sunset Gold Soup” and ’ Golden Sunburst Salad
secretary; Fumive (
treasurer;
,
\ours early, tickets can oe obtained
say,
"What's the diff if it tastes good!” O well!
Martha, Hori, social convenor;
"nTat Ernies, New Pier, or from Sei
Chieko Kosaka.
"Mum Soup"
Tokai members. "Roll along to Hap
WEDDING BELLS .
2
cups
milk
j pyland" everyone,
with Seikokai
Marriage vows will be
2 tspn. butter
paired; A.Y.P.A. members on Monday. Oct.
Winter is just around the
by two well-known memb s of the!28th!
Salt and pepper to taste
corner. Evening drops more
1 tbsp, cornstarch
^•CIT17.FNSHIP NIGHT"
isuddenly,
and
there's
a
hint
of
j
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A But who cares?
Chrysanthemum petals, white and yellow.
'ge head
Wash petals thoroughly and pour boiling ware
>i Powell United Young Peopled Kasev| Ve JUSt b“n t0 Modiste’s, and
two minutes, then drain and squeeze. Cut into small
HOyama, citizenship convenor, winj^ a^lllial coat problem has
Scald milk, saving some to mix with cornstarch
S°
»; present three speakers who will)
Add
cornstarch mixture and heat to boiling point, s
I
1
he
whole
second
floor
is
■ I analyze the question "Why Discrimbutter.
Add chrysanthemum petals. Mix and serve hot.
*I ination Against Us.’” from its cco- i devoted to winter coats—a riot
of
color
from
the
gayest
of
ver
­
’: nomic and psychological aspects.
"Mum Salad"
•/Come and hear what they have to million mixtures and mustard
2 heads Chrysanthemum Petals (white and vclM
1 head lettuce
ij;say, and exchange your opinions' yellows to the conservative
TRAVEL BY
browns,
blacks,
navys,
in
boxy
Mayonnaise
>The place; Powell United Church.
casuals,
tailored
tweeds,
pen
­
Salt and pepper
VThe time; 7:30 p.m. The date; Oct.
LUXURIOUS
cil-slim
princess
cuts
with
the
M28th!
Celery (a little, and raw)
new
side
opening
and
knotted
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Prepaie petals as for soup. Mix with shredded lent -nd chop:
sash-belts.
$ "NIGHT IN"
celery, mayonnaise, salt and pepper. May be garnished v
And I fell in love with one eggs, sliced.
SHIPS
A panel discussion
. darling model of knubby black
Thank you. Mr. Hirayama! It sounds delicious!
5 F. B. Clark and Dr. W. L. Mac­ material, semi-princess line,
* * *
«•! Donald participating, has been ar- with back cut in four pieces
M.S. Heian Maru ■•i ranged for the next Vancouver
Today I discovered a book. A diet of war films I:?
■ and the front in two, nipped at
Youth Council "Night In.” October■ the waist, and gently flared at Storm." "Four Sons,” "Pastor Hall,” and I was beginning
November 12
^125th. Members of the Council will the hemline for slenderness. on the morbid side, until I chanced upon a wee. slim bo
M.S. Hikawa Ma ru £ibc "at home" from 8:30 p.m. at And it has such a pert military pages God and My Father, by Clarence Day. It’s roreshm
»
*M Killarncy Hail, corner Bayswater and air about it—high-pointed col­ April rain.
November 23
God and My Father is an entertaining book telling of an un­
Point Grey Road, to welcome you lar trimmed with silver—gray
your triends to an evening of fur, high military pockets, but­ willing Episcopalian gentleman who "never allowed churches—or banks—
® M.S. Hie Maru
singing. and refreshments. toned ever so high with eight to dictate to him. He gave each the respect that was due to it from h;s
December 10
4 A silver collection will b taken to black buttons simulating a point of view, but he also expected from each of them the respect he id
Si defray expenses.
double-breasted, with fur cov­ due to him, unwillingly brought to baptism by an over-devout wife.

Coats For Winter

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December 30

From the moment Clarence Day opens with his father s views on
^KITSILANO SOCIAL
ering the length of the sleeve,
J: The Kitsihno Annual i -11 Social like epaulettes—not too much, religion, his mothers horrified discovery that her husband had somehow
S scheduled for this coming Sunday at mind you, to make the coat un­ or other missed the ritual of baptism, through the constant attempts it
4; the Semen Kaikan has been post- wieldy, but just enough to make battering down Father s cussedness, to his final acceptance of heir
Aponed until further notice. This it uniquely new and different! water, fuming like a caged lion—a downfall accepted because there were
some things that were unheard of in Clarence Day’s family—things that
V change has been necessitated by the And moderately priced, too!
£ fact that members of the Seincnkai
Perhaps you are hard to fit? wtlren t simply done—like wasting money on cabs—called to convev
JAPAN MAIL
>pre co-operating in the Patriotic Ser- Why worry? Just pick out your him to church for baptism—the book is healthy entertainment, full of
LINE
favorite model, and Mr. T. Shi­ little chuckles and ironic thrusts, with Father Day looming over ones
mo-Takahara will personally shoulder like the Rock of Gibraltar, standing "man to man ' with God.
measure you and assure you a
trits Srlinii! nf
Clarence Day s power of characterization lies in his subtle technique,
B. W. Greer & Son, Ltd.
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a side of his character that makes "Father" so lovable. Baptism could
\ ices Appeal, and will be occupied not tame the man. for we find him, as we come to the end of the book,
in canvassing this Sunday. The Bu- shouting Hell:, as he marches down the church steps to join his busi­
Fountain
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ness colleagues.
er* ice
kyokai, in addition. is being used
e friends.
Meet Clarence Day s "Father.” and I’m sure vou
for the ‘Mum Show.
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Members, however. are reminded
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that at the forthcoming social, the
local Scincnkai will conduct an ora­
torical contest prior to the banquet,
and speakers either in English or
Japanese
are welcomed.
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Student Minister At
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L k of Flowers Nets $250 For Red Cross

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Appointed by the United
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may double
I -oming exhibit ofrealized in the sale of chrysan- ery to continue to supply the
fatigue and
removing
| ^,2^^ Kai that willjthemums for the Red Cross So-' pulpit in Fairview Church.
|- ^^;er 2 and 3. at the.ciety through the efforts of the Takahashi Komiyama. Nisei [ Due to unexpected changes, ig strain. Haw
Saturday and Sun-jKokonoye Kai. Over 100 pots: student minister will resume ; the Hompa Y.M.W.B.A. have^ ined early.
r ^^Bukkyo Hall (Sev-[of flowers were contributed to! twice monthly young peo­ ; withdrawn entirely from their ;$
f"VXi Heather), some 250*nesday last in the Marine: ple's services next Sunday at roles as hosts and hostesses fc
W. B. PITMAN
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coming
Annual
Fall
Coi
* have already been re- the sale which took place Wed-: 11:00 a.m.
R. S. RHODES
Bud- ’ |
•^cording to the com-iBuilding after they had been.
He will preach upon the (vent ion of the Young
SI
ved ^charge0 As in the case।put on display all Tuesday.:
hists. scheduled for the Hom
3
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“Life’s Worth and
topic
nee
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pa
Temple
November,
17.
X
he previous exhibit at the [Members had donated the con- Woe. A cordial invitation is I Kiyoshi Suga, former co-'^
of the tainers as well as the flowers: extended to all young people
rane :e Hall, many
I chairman on the convention 11
rYvi]l be sold, the pro- and had even delivered the, in the city and especially to
’tv^of which will be handed ’mums to the homes of the pur-' the young people in the Fair- committee, voiced the extreme i|
5 regret of the Hompa commit­
^
he Red Cross Society, chasers.
view district.
tee in withdrawing from its
hr 1° 1
display
will
be
open
to
Grand
Muni
Show
:
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; role, after having made exten­ I 80S W. Hasting Van tour er
iiku Club
^e public and all are cordially ! Quite a few members of the!u u/
sive preparations in shaping up
iKokonoye Kai will be submit-;
Ailed io attend.
the program.
S250 have been Hing entries to the forthcoming !
i
He said, however, that the*
Plans Gala
i First Annual Chrysanthemum;
League itself will take full J
^Show which is to be held at the;
of the confab which,
S. TSURUTA
Sports Dance charge
[Exhibition Gardens, November!
although greatly curtailed in
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Mr.
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। To culminate a season oi hec- scope, will be held on the same
iTakada.
hard-working
member',.
i
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..
tic summer activities and to day at a place as yet undecided.!
.of the society, is representing^^ the arrfval of anolher A meeting of the League direc­
|the Japanese on the staging.wtoter Mson the New West. tors will take place over the
Machine Co.
I committee.
.minster Taiiku Club has set week-end to deal with the
The Honorable W. J. Assets- [ aside Saturday evening, No­ question.
393 Powell
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tine, provincial minister of vember 9 for its annual Sports
Arrangements which have
VEGETABLES
mines, will be the speaker at^ance.
been made inviting Young
GROCERIES
.the grand exhibit.
[ For this “event of the year” Buddhist delegates from the
EXPERT ADVISOR FOR
.the club has the pleasure of [States are expected to be
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announcing
that
it
has
secured
*
pushed
ahead
per
schedule
by
YOUR FAMILY PROTECTION
ANGUS"
ithe services of the renowned । the new committee. UnfortunSEE
" improved the prospects of the “Rhythm Vendors.’’ Although ately. plans which had been
— British Empire by dealing an this band is making its debut made to have Rev. S. N. Pratt
| effective blow to any hope in to the Nisei dance crowd, of Tacoma come and take part
i the United States of remaining everyone may rest assured that in the conference have fallen
aloof from the war.
the music will appeal to every through owing to passport reg­
AGENT
The speaker traced Far East- connoisseur of rhythm, wheth­ ulations at the border.
Manufacturers
■ern developments from the end er his taste be sweet or swing.
[of
the
last
war,
and
indicated
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That Japan had followed the be the ever-popular Roma Hall.
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[line of least resistance in 1931 So remember to keep Novem­ carried off by emotion and as a
302 Alexander
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— in Manchuria. The belief was ber 9 open for a night of en­ result many insults would be
heaped on the Japanese. But he
Wm^^%w.wvwawa widespread in the west at that joyable dancing where everyurged the young people to ac­
time, he said, that Japan was one is promised the time of
cept their lot, and. further­
YOSHINO
j really acting for western pow­ his life.
more. to challenge and put the
ers in preventing the spread of . Tickets will be obtainable at
government and other Cana­
Russian communism.
Ernie’s Ice Cream Shoppe in dians to shame by showing a
In the present Sino-Japan- Vancouver or from any mem­ higher degree of intelligence
362 ALEXANDER ST.
K
i ese war, Japan has been try­ ber of the Taiiku Club and have and morality, tremendous pow­
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ing to extricate herself for been reasonably priced at 35c ers of patience, tact, judgment
two years, and up to the out­ for ladies and 50c for gentle­ and tolerance of injustices.
break of the European war men.—New Westminster Taii­ Prior to the talk, Chairman
| PIONEER REPRESENTATIVE
there had been some hope ku Club..
Kunio Shimizu gave a brief re­
fcr
that a third power might
port of the work of the JCCL
bring about a settlement.
GYK Thespians Draw in connection with the Annual
The
United
States,
however,
Nisei Convention and the Pa­
tMachine Company had regarded all such moves
Ovation from Crowds triotic Services Drive. Also Lily
with suspicion.
October 18 and 19, 1940 will Fujita was elected recording
Since the signing of the pact,
secretary.
Japan is hesitating, because the be marked down in the annals
Accompanying His Worship
prospect of a conflict with # a of the Gakuyukai as a most suc­ was Mrs. Telford and his secre­
major sea power is undoubted­ cessful climax to the organiza­ tary, Gordon Craig.
ly dangerous. “A break may tion’s 25th anniversary celebra­
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flowing audiences with their
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Soldiers.”
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Bouquets. Corsages, Plants
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tty Shizue Murasaki

TT was a grand day, the kind of day when a man feels like whistling
1 and smiling at every passer-by. At least so Pete Renfrew thought
as he swung around the corner and into the street where the Times
Building stood, gray and gaunt, made conspicuous by the architectural
splendours that had sprung up around it within recent years like weeds
in the night, but beautiful in Pete's eyes for within its dingy precincts
he had carved himself a niche—and not without some measure of
sacrifice.
He loved his work with its bustle and unexpectancy, and he knew
he was master of his trade. His name was to the newspaper world what
Walt Winchell's is to radio fame. And today, he was sitting on top
of the world.
As Pete neared the Times Building, his keen eye discerned a
boyish figure hurrying through the door, and he smiled. Nice kid, he
mused, but as yet a tenderfoot. He wished he hadn't been so blunt
when Jimmy had said last night, when discussing the latest scoop upon
which Pete had been working:
"But gee, Mr. Renfrew, I've got a feeling she's not guilty. What
if she ..."
Then Pete had said to him, "Hey, cut out the sob stuff, kid! The
evidence all points to her, doesn't it? Let your feelings get you and
you get out! This work's a man's game, with no place for sentiment."
Blunt, perhaps, but better to get the thing straight from the be­
ginning than to have to find out later on as he had done. Sentiment
and newspaper work just couldn't mix.
Peter Renfrew was not a hard man, but seventeen years of serving
a public ravenous for news, seventeen years of screaming headlines—
these had left their indelible mark upon a man, once as youthfully
idealistic as Jimmy. "Hard-boiled, a lone-wolf," his associates said to
him. "Oh, his private life? Married young . . . got a wife and kid, but
God knows where they are . . . yeah, divorced . . . but a swell guy just
the same."
At the door, he bought a paper from the freckled urchin who
awaited his coming every morning.
"Gee, thanks mister!" grinned the youngster, handing Pete a
paper. "It sure looks tough for the girl, don't it? If Lockhart couid
take her case maybe she'd have a chance ..."
"Listen, Lockhart's a crack lawyer, one in a million, but I've got
her where a thousand lawyers can't save her. I know her type." A hard
look came into Pete's eyes, and a cynical smile the lad had never seen
before twisted his lips.
"But she don't look bad, mister. And real good-looking excepting
for that scar."
"What scar?"
"Ain't you seen it? There, right over her left eye shaped like
an L."
ABOUT nine-thirty, Jimmy with a fellow office-boy, rushed into
Pete's sanctum, yelling, "Gee, Chief, you've done a swell . . . "
and stopped, eyes dilating, his face slowly turning ashen with horror.
The chief was slumped in his chair, the morning edition half
falling out of his nerveless fingers. The room was still, ominously still.
Outside, a lone newsboy was crying, "Extry, extry, all about the big
murder!"

Jimmy stooped and picked up Pete's watch, the one he had seen
Pete draw from his pocket a thousand times during working hours.
He remembered how the boys had often kidded Pete about the anti­
quated timepiece, but Pete had stubbornly clung to it during his long,
tempestuous hectic career, like something very precious. He turned it
gingerly in his hand, and found himself gazing at a faded picture, at
a face new yet strangely familiar—the face of a little child, with blonde
short curls and wide starry blue eyes—starry, fearless, laughter-loving
eyes, and over the left eye there was a scar, shaped like an L.
®&W®SW

HAJIME SUZUKI
Optometrist

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By A. Y.

Troubadours—strange as it may
seem, America in the nineteenth
century had her troubadours. No,
not the knight-errants of the Age
of Chivalry, who beguiled the
hearts of lonely, lovely ladies with
their serenades, but, for the most
part, negro and white minstrels
who were at first nothing more than
improvising clowns. Their main
show consisted of antics, capers and
eccentric dancing, relegating music
to the bottom of their bag of tricks.
ORIGIN OF MINSTRELSY

Minstrelsy originated on the
slave plantations of the south. Prac­
tically every plantation had its
talented band that could crack
negro jokes, and sing and dance to
the accompaniment of the banjo,
etc. At times, these bands became
semi-professional
and
travelled
around a limited circuit.
Through imitation acts put on
by white actors (compare the
"Amos and Andy" act of today),
minstrelsy came to the American
stage about 1830 and enjoyed an
immediate and widespread vogue.
But as a stage performance,
minstrelsy was and has remained
a caricature of negro life and
ways.

By the middle of the century,
minstrelsy was an accepted stage
entertainment. Professional com­
panies were formed and toured the
country even making a series of
European tours that went off with
a big bang.
STEPHEN FOSTER

It v/as in this hey-day of this
musical growth that two geniuses
arose whose • compositions have at­
tained since then the rank of semi­
classics. These two were Stephen
Collins Foster and James Bland.
Just as the Nisei are often blind
to the brighter threads that are
interwoven with the drab and seamy
ones in the weft and web of Nisei
life, even so it remained for a
Northerner, one Stephen Foster, to
depict the colour in the negro's life.
It has been said of him, "He stood
afar off and caught the spirit of the
cane-fields and cabin, the porticoed
mansion and the white seas of cot­
ton."
However, Stephen Foster evident­
ly came into first hand contact with
negro plantation singing for he has
imparted to his ballads that particu­
lar flavour of negro folk song.
Of his 160 odd pieces only a
handful are known beyond their
titles, but the ones that have
lived through these years will
last as long as American songs
are sung. | need but mention
"Old Folks at Home," "My Old
Kentucky Home," "Old Black
Joe," "1 Dream of Jeanie with
the Light Brown Hair" to point
out this fact.
JAMES BLAND

As for James Bland his name may
fall upon unaccustomed Nisei ears.
Like Foster, he was a brilliant albeit
careless genius. One of the most
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NISEI GIRLS AND “LADIES FIRST"
T ET me say about one more thing. It is their conception of p^ •
First” idea. This was illustrated in the following incident
One day when I was just coming down a stairwav sudT.
girl, twelve years of age, came rushing and pushing me aside
the stairs ahead of me saying in passing. “Sorry. Ladies First " W
I didn’t feel anything towards the girl—she was a mere child_ I
not help stand there for a while and stare vacantly thinking
concerning “Ladies First.”
2g
I think that child represents in a way the tendency of the
Nisei girls to misconceive womanly virtues of the western tradition
often forget to be ladies, they lose sight of the true spirit of courts
show the attitude of impudents. The beauty of humanitv and the \
SI
of meekness and politeness are lost to them.
I felt that the Nisei failed to get the proper home training Voften I had the sad experience of noticing that they did not have th:—>
sense of Japanese courtesy either. Generally, they were acquainted
the outward forms of politeness, but often did not show an undersq-J:of the true spirit of courtesy which is just kindness and regard for cihr
AT A BASKETBALL GAME
TT was January 27, 1940. I went to see the basketball game betwetr the

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Seattle and Vancouver teams. What a huge crowd of Niseis we-j
there! All sorts of them too. And there it was that 1 received further
impressions of them—both good and bad.
To my disappointment, when the girl teams had finished their ewj
and while the boys’ teams were fighting. I saw a girl of the Vancouver
team taking out a cigarette to smoke. She was the only person to smoke
She was a girl too. Besides, she started to yell out in a way that uw;
nice at all. She seemed rather proud of such a manner that I couldn't Lj
but stare at her and think of her family background.
is
I myself have taken part in many sports in my student
and have seen and associated with many girl athletes, but not pit
once have I come across a girl tvho acted as vulgarly as this Nisei eL
I cannot criticize her too severely. As far as smoking were ft
dressing room was the place for it, not the gym floor. And her disgrace,
unladylike and unsportsmanlike conduct left a vivid and unpleasant bM
on my mind. I say once more. I cannot criticize this kind of Nise.
too strongly, for even one like her will give Canadians a bad imprison J’
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of the second generation as a whole. Don’t you think so?
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THE NISEI “TOMBOY"
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AN the other hand. I have noticed that some "tomboy" Nisei gir.s
charmingly girlish when they want to be. Although they are oa 5 1
talkative in a group of other young girls, they lose their boyishne^ rd
become very gentle, shy and retiring in the presence of boys.
Let me tell you about another Nisei girl. She was too shy thou;"
I was invited to dinner by her parents. When we sat down to eat. :is
girl stayed in the kitchen and simply refused to come out and sit down
at the dinner table. I felt rather embarrassed thinking that the poor rd
would have to go hungry while we were munching a splendid dinner.
Of course, this is an extreme example, but it made a very tro
impression on my mind'at that time.

MORE SOCIABLE NISEIS
^ISEIS should learn to be more and more sociable. Maybe they lack k
self-confidence, maybe they don’t have enough home training. Am- ■
how. they should consider the other people’s feeling. They don t »" :
to realize that they are embarrassing strangers and visitors when m’>
don’t say “hello” to them. It is a selfish emotion. For just as I am rap’ ;:
to notice boys and girls friendly with each other. I would like w s- ;
young people more sociable with older folks.
My readers must take what I have written with a grain of salt dm
even to my eyes, these impressions appear somehow funny now. I t /
these things very strong because I purposelytried to notice the wav A u
manners of the Nisei so that I could get to understand them thatcbetter. And I think I have succeeded quite a little bit. Of course tn..',
are certain habits of the -Nisei I still don’t think much of. but on U ;
whole, 1 say that the Nisei boys and girls are “okay.”

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Pioneers Honor ed At Youth Tells, 26-79

Beavers Down JlCL hi Victoria Opener
Reported at Fifth Annua! Meet

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The Taxis Beavers started the Centennial gym.
hardship their campaign in quest ot the. The eventual '' “^y
lies of
ALLS. bL.—
and sorrow, of bitter >tiug- i Victoria Japanese Community ; off wlth a tom VY,™ their
Aug the past year wci heard ar the fifthMe, of unyielding determina­ Basketball League title with th without an answu
gS
victory'opponents and at half-time led
on the Japancs
tion. yet interwoven with
26 to 19
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well-earned
c
a
no
reminiscences of joy and tritherhood of Pulp. Sulpha
opening; by a 10-6 score. In thc
over JCCL. in the season J stages of the second halt, tie
in
the
um
ph
—
once
more
these
all
ion. held here October 17
of the current
came to life when the pion­
Notable
among
these
were
d last Thursday night atijCCL'ers found the range am
n unity
= i matched basket for basket with
eers
of
Ruskin
district
over
sr
lion in working as a unit of organized labor.
sixty years gathered together
_
their taller opponents but weie
,-ere adopted by the;
at a gala “keirokai” held m
Ganges Granary iunabie to keep up the hectic
Past Richo-Chats \ their honour by members of
1 T. Sugai; Akira 5
I pace set by the younger beaBe " / be Cleaner
5 vers The final whistle found
the Ruskin “Joshi-seinen kai j
jrv: and B. Uri, sav-;
I
Be “Chaiter"
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: Highlights in the news from j ^^ on thc short end of the
last Sunday, October 20.
^; corrmittee.
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Surprise
Social!
J
B’in the election of officers
Following a speech of wel­ i Salt Spring Island are brought; cvening’s score.
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super
colossal
event
v.
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^as noted that the trend
Terrv Vvede and Yon Shicome addressed to the pion­ I to you once more from Station
Hake
place
at
the
East
Rich
­
mizu were high-scorers for
placing greater r
eers bv Miss H. Shigemi,
mond
(Nakanoshiku)
Hal.
Sbility upon second genthe winners while “H. 1
thanks' were extended by
’
Saturday.
October
26
at
cOO,
i^ion men is being contmMessrs. Fujita. Fujino and j On a recent Friday night at Kondo led the losers.
pm sharp! (No Japanese time.;
Ekuta, each of whom briefly
Reavers—Y. Shimizu b. Hide
please.) The event—the Fraser; expressed their appreciation I 8:00 P-m- the Y.P. ^^.J
mplete slate of offi- 1 Valley Baseball League will;
Vice hvmns for the Thaimsgix- loi 9 T. Uvcde 10. Uyede 4. K.
a-re c
to members of the club.
' . Best to Prac-1
prac- Kuwabara 2. P. Hasegawa. K.
the home of Mrs.
follows:
i hold a baseball Hallowe’en so-;
Songs
and
chatter
and
Kurita, chairman
ing Service.
; Takahashi—Total 26.
.
,. . J merry laughter of both young
vice-chairman ;cial.
On a recent Friday night at ;
1CCI_stum Shimizu 4. E.
r
I All members and then ; and old mingled together to
.geru Yasuura ana Korn ^->
ds are tovited t0 turn out;
8-00 p.m. the Y.P. gathered atl^ w sty Ioi. j. Shimizu
make the afternoon a huge the home of Mrs. Best to prac-; ^ R Kawasoe 2. M. Okamoto—
an evening of fun and trohe;
dey Fajiwaia, secre
this ^.^ bit q{ C0Untry-; success.
tice hymns for the Thanksgiv-; ToU1 ig
Only when twilight fell, ! ing Service.
•
r sav-Lide. A small fee of 35c will be.
1 tub TIP-OFF: We hope that
;
bringingwith it the realiza- ! On October 13, the OPenin^;thc girls seen practicing on the
1 ano K.
?
B J asked to cover expenses.
iL; committee
----- secretaries,'
I
Ana nipusp
And
please note: Free 1 tion of the lateness of the
Dedication of the «e^f]00r after the game, tomu 1
^' savings committee treas-; transportation will be pro­ ■ hour, did guests and mem- land
Church of St. George was held; compenSatmg enough for bav­
urer.
_
। vided from Baba s Confec­ i bers regretfully bid each in Ganges. Bishop Seaton ot|ing braved the "rains- to atother “sayonara.” fully satis­ Victoria dedicated and namGditend
< Committee: K. Uchida, Iki tionery in New Westminster
. Mr. George
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fied with the gaiety and mer- the Church. Many of the Nisei; North Vancouver, on his way
S Okabe. J. Sekine, T., and from Queensborough to
riment of the afternoon.
isDatani. E. Fujisaku, A. Ma-; the hall.
=!I were there t0 receive the f>^t;home anCr a week spent hob
Laioto. Kunio Miyama, Tad; A. brilliant display of nreHolv Communion. Local JaP" I laying on the Island, was one
i works will be shown at 7:00
Evodo and George Kato.
Chimes anese assisted with contribu-। of ‘ thc interested . spectators a
Ip.m.. and many unique games i Chemainus
tions towards the building of ; lbc game.
will follow.
, ;
the new Church.
By Staff Correspond
Sunbury Secrets
And remember,
males,;
Rev. G. G. Nakayama and; there that night.
«
there’ll be a fine for each stag’ > Greetings . folks’.
his
father-in-law,
a
visitor
from
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absence thi,
After
a long
Few Chums . . •
. A
ul-l —
Japan came to the Island from j The
The Nakamura Family kit
SlXBURY. — Unlike other; Fak catches of chums and!Qbweb and mildew-covered.
years, energetic Nisei hunters; coboes were reported by the 1,^ Bell of Chemainus once Vancouver. At the service 0WreCcntly to their new home in
Monday night given for the; Victoria. Heard from Goro, and
here spent a most quiet and un-1 ad]netters on the Fraser River | again peais forth the goings 1
}
. anlare pleased to hear that he
eriovable morning last Satur-;^^ week. A few old sockeyes, nd comings of this thriving >Y.P., Rev. Nakayama gave
Britannia Beach. Thanks
I impressive speech.
Say the opening day of the1were
,
also
reported to have; little town.
i c?
to Dixie for her card.
* *• *
1940 duck and pheasant shoot- been caught. The average;
Friday. Oct. 25. is the date j
i ire season.
i every-day catch of chums las | Popu|ar man-about-Uwn Bill
^KEEP FAITH IN CANADA, NISEIS!
all Hept in. with the’week was about 15 per boat.
is convalescing m the;when Rev. Popham xv.-ill com-j
.
-■ Tvinn of this correspondent i Kendo Coming ...
; chemainus General Hospital j mmce llB classes and ivc
"^SpsHife. BANG . .
The fishing lads gathered to-;C^>ndectomy. ; join all your^ see all the young people.

jew Go iris

£i<G . . . BANG . . . wakened 1 gether for the fnst tun
- , nW friends in wishing you < ।
Tv the thunder of shotguns, I .fall at the local V1 T b“J speedy recovery. Bill.
;
: ruck mv head out of the win-1 up to their V™ A LTL1 Also best wishes for a speedy ,
looked up to the sky ta|0-s’ of kendo for the
„ Vreco
very gO
go out to Shibe
letuvti/
Yoshida, prominent Nisei woik-i
'be weather, thought of all the; tournament to be held urn
: Me! hunters who would have couver m November. Re»«to er who had the misfortune to;
i gven iheir eye-teeth to be out'practice is the order iioi
sustain a
: L it. cursed the stupidity7 of a I on.
iwork.
b
iaundiced government, I JCCL Meet
>
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.
'The
first
fall
meeting
of
the
;
^
chema
inus
Chapter
have
'
ent to sleep again.
Delta E^t^yyALvas held I unofficially selected delegates!
chapter of the JCCL was ne
^ forthcoming National
the
local
hall
last
Sunday,
®
nventioll
of the Japanese
We hear that the number of 'I at
nemoers present at the River- i October 28.
National Canadian Citizens W“e. be"s first fall general meeting j Delegates to the
cause circumstances may pre ;
i last Saturday was not up j Convention to be held at Van ; vent them from attending.
" couver will be chosen by cast
ndard. Wonder if they all
As there are no entries from
ing ballots, and will be an
jm& mu.
, + cn+nrdav
'this community in the Vancounounc^extSatui£^
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Junior Basketball

Hi, Ho! Bring your friends
along, everybody welcome to
the
Japanese
Basketball
League’s grand opening so­
cial. This monster dance-so­
cial is to be held at the
Orange Hall next Saturday
November 2 from 8 p.m. un­
til midnight.
No strings attached, ice
cold coca-colas and delicious
sandwiches prepared by the
members of the Girls’ Basketbal League absolutely
free.
Dance and eat to your
heart’s content for a small
admission fee of just 25c.
We assure you of a good.
time.
Orange Hall is situated on
the corner of Gore and
Hastings.

The juniors are definitely'in transportation facilities,
having a league. After much ! Juniors playing on Saturdays
negotiating with the gym offiywill take the floor from 6 p.m.
cials, Director Akiyama finally to 8 p.m. Since there are six
managed to squeeze in two!teams in the loop, every team
hours on Saturday nights for;will not be able to play every
the newly-born junior league, week. Two teams will have
At a meeting held last Mon-1 byes.
scheduled game
day at the Japanese School, ai The
six team loop was organized I will be on the second Saturday
with the perpetual Tairikulin November, the 9th. All junNippo Cup, won the two years Hors are required to wear strip
by Marpole. at stake. The six;and running shoes. Jerseys or
team names listed thus far are sweaters are not necessary.
Fairview, Marpole, "West End-1 The junior age limit is 18 or
ers, Downtown Trojans, Yehu-'under before November 1. Any
dis and the Powell Tuxis.;player found over-age will be
Steveston juniors are not def-1 suspended from further playinite yet owing to difficulties |ing.

Strathcona

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that will make
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Misses Hide Hyodo, Mata and Mi-

distinguish them on the floor.
know it's tough, but the girls viB
have to get the cloth and make th
blouses themselves. We may be abeR
Ifo reimburse the cost of cloth fn-R
the proceeds of basketball
held on November 2. Bring y.vB
i senior league setup of caught on and worked in nice­ friend, girls, the more you bring th R
J a p an e s e Basketball ly. Tommy Nobuoka and Geo. better for you.
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Harry’s, the team to watch
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। loop will mean no action for player in Kiide Shimizu when
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I Last Tuesday night the melon night, they’re still the watch­
; tossers from Maikawa’s and team. Managing the Hastings
i M & N clashed in a pre-season Street squad this year is Shig
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j puffing the boys gave a per- smoothest melon marvels ever
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and enlarged premises *
j Harry’s in exchange for Shig Joe had lots of tough luck and
i Ashikawa, led the defending stayed out of action practically
| Maikawa champs like a fight- the whole season, but this year
l ing bull, while Yuki Uno, lady luck is with him and he’s
I Mike Maruno, Koei Mitsui in there sinking the ball from
I and Shig Onizuka flanked all directions. Making up the
SEymour 57”
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i Harry Nikaido and Yosh wa. Ken Onishi and Tosh Ha­
i Ishida back in the lineup is shimoto.
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I evenly balanced team.
M & N had only four players
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What happened to the ladies?!
During the summer | notice!

Tuesday nighters versus Fri- j quite a few of the Nippon Ten- yea Okamura, Hisako Toho, Hiday nighters. In the first ex- Inis Club members. Among the nako Maruno, Mrs. Kitagawa and
hibition bird tussle of the new most promising was Shig Ya- two unknown ladies pluggin;
i year, the Tuesday nighters, mashita, the dynamic tennis away at the pill. Maybe you ladies
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under the captainship of Michi ace. Yamashita’s fast ground go too early for me.
Ashikawa, literally shellacked covering tactics, which took
FEMMES
| Mat Matsui’s Friday crew at him a long way in tennis,
the Strathcona gym last Tues­ served him equally as well in
The girls' basketball lea.
day. The Tuesday shuttiers badminton. Other tennis stars still intact and the girls are getti
composed mainly of last year’s taking up badminton seriously their workout under the watch
champion Y.P. members, had no were Shig Ouye, George Kutsu- eyes of their coaches. Occasion
difficulty in bowling over the kake and Ossie Fujiwara.
a few players are absent, but
young recruits that Mat Matsui
Friday night, the fishday still have more than enough
was trying out.
players will return the com- three teams. At a meeting held a'
In an endeavour to convert pliments and act as hosts for last Tuesday's practice it was
tennis players into birdmen, Michi
Tuesday cided that each" team should
Ashikawa’s
Matsui’s newcomers numbered night shuttiers.
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Snapping out of the spell cast
i ai । ii।la, ,sgures on 5
sever your columnist by the recent ings are those two Asah
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i lull in sports and the constant driz- and Mike. So self-consc ^.- I
izle of Vancouver rain which serious- that they start at some
j ly hampers any attempt in the art of hour when all sane peooles^
I potato digging, and diving into the in their nightmare. They n0
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Let's talk of dub-golfers for the‘but they just dor savvy v?c •. X#
! present. I think it would be a darnjyou ask them what their ^f
'good idea if we started a beginners'j Another foursome is the ’•
jdub. You'd be surprised to hear of jbunch composed of Doc Ya^” '
I the number of young Niseis taking! Tanaka, Mike Goromaru and' v
iup this game which has been listed; Kozai. Miyazawa brothers^
ias an old man's game. At the par 64 j ana' jjro are weekly p|avers yj
Hastings Course which is just right I distinguish them by the’-”
for us beginners you can see a whole | heights and their brand new
regiment of Nipponese all carting I bag. J. T. Tanaka, Kinzo Fujioka
I
i their clubs around and waiting their j the Ishida brothers seemed
hum to tee off.
jgolf-inclined too, but they re >■
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